{{Short description|1994 song by Italian group Playahitty}} {{Infobox song | name = The Summer is Magic | cover = Playahitty - The Summer is Magic single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Playahitty | album = | released = 28 July 1994 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Eurodance<ref name="music&media">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-09-10.pdf|title=Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=37|date=10 September 1994|page=10|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> | length = 3:44 | label = Conte Max Music | writer = {{hlist|Emanuele Asti|Stefano Carrara}} | producer = Emanuele Asti | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = 1-2-3! (Train with Me) | next_year = 1995 }} "'''The Summer Is Magic'''" is a song by Italian Eurodance group Playahitty, released in July 1994 by label Conte Max Music as their debut single. The lead vocals are performed by Italian singer Giovanna Bersola (a.k.a. Jenny B), as she did for the 1993 hit "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona.<ref name="Playahitty" /> This led to the mistaken belief that "The Summer Is Magic" was another hit song by Corona. The song hit the charts in the summer and autumn of 1994 in several countries of Continental Europe, such as Italy, where it reached number two on the Top 40 singles chart.<ref name="Playahitty">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurokdj.com/search/eurodb.php?name=Playahitty|title=Playahitty (Italy) Eurodance group|website=The Eurodance Encyclopædia|publisher=KDJ Eurodance|accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref> It reached the top 40 also in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The song was released in the United States in August 1996.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-08-16.pdf | title=Selected new releases | page=70 | website=www.worldradiohistory.com}}</ref><ref name="lescharts">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Playahitty&titel=The+Summer+Is+Magic&cat=s|title=Playhitty - The Summer is Magic (Chanson)|website=Les Charts|accessdate=1 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single |title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de |website=www.musicline.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930223445/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single |archive-date=30 September 2012}} </ref><ref name="Playahitty" /> A partly black-and-white music video was produced to promote the single, but it didn't feature Bersola, due to her stage fright.<ref>{{cite web|first= Jesse |last= Mulligan |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018784960/rhythm-of-the-night-singer-living-a-quiet-life-in-nz |title= Rhythm of the Night singer living a quiet life in NZ |work= RNZ |date= 24 February 2021 |accessdate= 1 July 2025}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' wrote, "Just at the moment when summer is over, this Euro dance single with the voice of Corona brings back memories of your holiday in Italy better than any photo album could ever do."<ref name="music&media"/>
==Chart performance== "The Summer Is Magic" was a notable hit on the charts in Europe, peaking at number two in Italy and becoming a top-20 hit in Austria (14), Denmark (17), Spain (15) and Switzerland (12). In Italy, it stayed as number two for two weeks, being kept from the number-one position by Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry's "7 Seconds".<ref name="italy">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-09-17.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe: Italy|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=38|date=17 September 1994|page=16|accessdate=1 July 2025}}</ref> It spent a total of 15 weeks within the ''Musica e dischi'' singles chart. Additionally, "The Summer is Magic" entered the top 40 in the Netherlands (36), France (36), Germany (39) and Sweden (37), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 36 in September 1994, in its sixth week on the chart.<ref name="eurocharthot100">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-09-24.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=39|page=15|date=24 September 1994|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> On the European Dance Radio Chart, it peaked at number 10, becoming the 10th most-played dance song on European radio that week.<ref name="europeandanceradio">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-09-24.pdf|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=39|date=24 September 1994|page=24|access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref> However, the song did not chart on the UK Singles Chart. Outside Europe, it was successful in Israel, peaking at number seven and in Canada, where it hit number eight on the ''RPM'' Dance/Urban chart. "The Summer Is Magic" also charted in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
==Track listings== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * '''7" single, Germany (1994)''' # "The Summer is Magic" (Radio Mix) — 3:44 # "The Summer is Magic" (Acappella) — 3:39
* '''12" single, Italy (1994)''' # "The Summer is Magic" (Gambrinus Club Mix) — 5:20 # "The Summer is Magic" (Acappella) — 3:39 # "The Summer is Magic" (Copa Cabana Beach Mix) — 5:31 # "The Summer is Magic" (Radio Mix) — 3:44
* '''CD single, France & Benelux (1994)''' # "The Summer is Magic" (Radio Mix) — 3:55 # "The Summer is Magic" (Gambrinus Club Mix) — 5:20 {{col-2}} * '''CD maxi-single, Europe (1994)''' # "The Summer is Magic" (Gambrinus Club Mix) — 5:20 # "The Summer is Magic" (Acapella) — 3:39 # "The Summer is Magic" (Copa Cabana Beach Mix) — 5:31 # "The Summer is Magic" (Radio Mix) — 3:44
* '''CD maxi-single - Remix, Germany (1994)''' # "The Summer is Magic" (Alex Party Mix) — 3:57 # "The Summer is Magic" (Alex Party Heavy Mix) — 5:00 # "The Summer is Magic" (D.J. Herbie Mixa Mixa) — 6:26 # "The Summer is Magic" (Original Radio Mix) — 3:44 {{col-end}}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1994–95) ! Peak<br />positions |- !scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref name="lescharts"/> | 14 |- !scope="row"|Canada Dance/Urban (''RPM'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7987&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 |title=Canadian dance peak |access-date=16 January 2012 |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092406/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7987&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=j86d3uqb5jajlou8j8ag1r4lv4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI)<ref>Danish Singles Chart. 30 September 1994.</ref> | 17 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref name="eurocharthot100"/> | 36 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Dance Radio)<ref name="europeandanceradio"/> | 10 |- !scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref name="lescharts"/> | 36 |- !scope="row"|Germany (Media Control Charts)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single.htm |title=German peak position |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055526/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 39 |- !scope="row"|Israel (IBA) | 7 |- !scope="row"|Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref name="italy"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=4 June 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Playahitty".</ref> | 2 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/playahitty/playahitty-the-summer-is-magic-12169|title=Playahitty The Summer Is Magic|language=Dutch|website=top40|accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref> | 3 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref name="lescharts"/> | 36 |- !scope="row"|Quebec (ADISQ)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|language=fr|date=6 May 1995|access-date=11 September 2019|archive-date=29 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 13 |- !scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE)<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | 15 |- !scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref name="lescharts"/> | 37 |- !scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref name="lescharts"/> | 12 |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (2008) ! Peak<br />positions |- {{Singlechart|Dutch100|47|artist=Playahitty|song=The Summer Is Magic 2008|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1995) ! Positions |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Dance Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf|title=1994 in Review: European Dance Radio|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=52|date=24 December 1994|page=8|access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> | 25 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr1995.html|title=Jaarlijsten 1995|language=Dutch|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> | 282 |} {{col-end}}
==Versions== * {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1995|07|df=y}}|event=Exotica feat. Itsy Foster - The Summer is Magic (reached #68 in the UK Singles Chart)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/Turn%20Me%20Out%20ft%20Kathy%20Brown/?artists=0&albums=0&films=0|title=Search | Official Charts|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>}} * 2008: Daisy Dee - The Summer is Magic * 2013 Nicci - The Summer Is Magic * 2023 Cuban Deejays - The Summer Is Magic
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